The Employment Cost Index, or ECI, measures changes in the cost of employees to employers over time. In the private sector, business owners and human resources professionals can use the ECI to make decisions about pay adjustments to help them stay competitive. In the public sector, the Federal Reserve and others use the ECI to gauge the health of the labor market, adjust contracts, and research the labor market.

The Employment Cost Index, or ECI, is a Principal Federal Economic Indicator that provides data on how labor costs are changing and how the economy is performing. The ECI measures changes in labor costs by tracking the cost of employees to employers.

The safety of America's workers depends on understanding hazards in the workplace. Here at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics we help provide the data to understand those hazards. Our role is to collect, estimate, and publish statistics on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.

No matter what stage you are in your life, "there's a stat for that." At the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics our job is to collect, analyze and disseminate essential economic information to help people make better decisions.

As more millennials enter the workforce, they are also spending more. Learn more about how their spending habits compare with those of older generations (This video is not closed captioned because the audio does not include spoken words).

Employment projections help us know which occupations are growing the fastest and which ones are adding the most new jobs. In this video, we also highlight which fastest-growing occupations require a bachelor's degree and which only require some postsecondary education, like an associate degree or certificate program (This video is not closed captioned because the audio does not include spoken words).

National Longitudinal Surveys 50th Anniversary Conference

Instead of just a snapshot in time, the National Longitudinal Surveys track the same respondents over the course of their life. Researchers, statisticians, and policymakers gathered at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2015, to mark the 50th anniversary of this rich data resource. BLS Commissioner Erica L. Groshen provided opening remarks.

Howard Snyder of the Bureau of Justice Statistics presents "The Infrastructure for the Largest National Study of Self-Reported Juvenile Offending in the U.S." at the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) 50th Anniversary Conference.

Brian Harris-Kojetin of the National Academy of Sciences discusses government and private sector uses of National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) data at the NLS 50th Anniversary Conference. September 17, 2015.